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Post by rodentman on Oct 7, 2023 23:41:19 GMT
I really need help, I clean my degus cage very often but last time I did my goo Evee jumped out and I spent an hour finding her. Im very worried to do it again but I know I have to. It’s a two story cage in my bedroom, there wheel and food is on the bottom level and there little house (sleeping area) is on the top floor with there dust bath. Any advice is greatly appreciated.
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Post by savvy on Oct 8, 2023 1:32:25 GMT
Is it possible to block off the two sections? That way you could clean the section where Evee isn't, then remove the cordon and allow her into the cleaned section while you put the divider back clean the remaining section.
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Post by winic1 on Oct 8, 2023 6:01:19 GMT
That's what we used to do--block the opening between levels, clean one level, open it up to let the degus go through, then block it again to clean the other level.
Now, once they find it blocked, they will try everything to get through, just for fun. So we would block the hole with a heavy board, with a very heavy rock on top of that so that they couldn't shift the board and slip through. It's amazing how small a gap they can slip through. So make sure whatever you use to block it with is really, really secure.
And even then, if you have to turn away or move away from the cage, even for just a few seconds, close the doors on the level you are cleaning, so that if they get through when you are not looking, they can't get out.
We did cleanings this way for years. After the first time or two, it becomes routine and the fear of escape lessens. Good luck!
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Post by laiyah on Oct 8, 2023 19:20:25 GMT
Yeah that's what I do too. I use a tile to block openings between levels so they can't access anymore.
Other option is to have a playpen or a terrarium to lock them in. It tend to use this option for a very deep cleaning...
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Post by teemu on Oct 9, 2023 16:16:39 GMT
I have also used a carrier cage (the small kind of cage that you put small pets in when you are transporting them) if I can't put a degu elsewhere for the period of the cleaning and my wife isn't home to look after them in another room. Some degus really don't like them, but it's better than having to fish them out from under the couch.
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Post by bouncy on Oct 17, 2023 14:15:33 GMT
Luckily, mine have their home in the room they run in, so escape isn't an issue. However, I agree with the others - shoo them into one level, block access, change the uninhabited level, then reverse the process. If you have a cage where the doors open the whole cage rather than a level, you could temporarily use some board to keep them in at that level?
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